VIRGINia
FOOD PROTECTION MANAGER
FOOD PROTECTION HANDLER
ASFTP Virginia Online Program provides food protection / management training and facilitates access to the official certification exam.
The course through video, animations and audio- communicates years of expert food science and sanitation research and professional food industry experience; along with the latest FDA Food Code updates.
Course objective is to educate, and instill an environmental health, food science and sanitation culture so that the manager can implement what is learned, and communicate it easily and efficiently to the rest of the team.
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Fun and simple interactive puzzles at the end of each lesson, help and assist in information absorption and retention.
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ASFTP Virginia Online Program is tailored to run smoothly on all smart phones, tablets and computers. You can start and stop anywhere. Log back in, and continue where you left off. Replay, repeat any lesson, throughout the course. It is self paced, and you choose how quickly you geth through your lessons. You, control your time.
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In short ASFTP Virginia Online Program provides all knowledge necessary to pass any of the ANSI accredited Food Protection Manager Approved Exams. Simple instructions are provided under our section: "Online Testing", on our site navigation menu, so you can complete your certification easily.
You will need 75% to pass. Upon passing the exam successfully, you will receive your 5yr Food Protection Manager Certification License. For more details, please see our "FAQ" section in our site navigation menu.
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A few of the lessons covered
-The Vital Importance of Safe Food Handling Awareness
-Foodborne Illness: A Better Understanding
-Biological, Chemical and Physical Hazards
-Common Foodborne Illnesses and Intoxications & Toxins
-Allergens
-Flow Of Food
-F.A.T.-T.O.M.
-A.L.E.R.T. systems
-Cleaning and Sanitizing
-Pest Control
-HACCP systems
Practice Examination, Educational Material and much much more.
ASFTP Virginia Online Program Price Includes: Course and easy to follow instructions via our site, on how to take your compliance certification examination online, anywhere you may be, in the continental United States.
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Language Options
English and Spanish
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State Requirements: Demonstrate knowledge - see exceptions.
Food Protection Manager: Although certification is not mandatory, food workers must demonstrate knowledge and passing an accredited Food Safety Manager certification exam is one way to meet the requirement.
Food Handlers: Recommended but not required - see exceptions.
Exceptions: Food Protection Manager: Accomack County (including Towns of Parksley & Onacock), Alexandria City, Arlington County, Chesapeake City, Fairfax City, Fairfax County (including Towns of Clifton, Herndon, & Vienna), Falls Church City, Gloucester County, Hampton City, Newport News City, Norfolk City, Northampton County (including Town of Cheriton), Portsmouth City, & Virginia Beach City require Food Manager Certification.
Food Handler: City of Franklin, James City County, City of Newport News, City of Norfolk, City of Poquoson, City of Portsmouth, County of Southampton, City of Suffolk, City of Williamsburg, & County of York require Food Handler cards.
Manager Training Hours: Specific training regulations.
Food Handler Course: Specific training regulations.
Food Manager Certification and Food Handler Certificate Renewal: Food Manager is every 3 or 5 years depending on the county. Food Handler renewal requirements vary by jurisdictions, please contact your local health department for specific information.
Please check with your local jurisdiction or regulatory body for the most current information.
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Norfolk VA Food Handler Training
My Food Service License provides online food handler training.
Individuals who work with unpackaged and/or packaged food, food equipment or utensils, or food contact surfaces are required to possess a food service (handlers) card. Food service cards are required prior to employment and are valid for two years.
A food service card issued by another city may be honored.
Virginia other areas
ASFTP provides online food handler training. Food handler training is optional in most areas of Virginia and this course provides excellent food worker training to teach the important principles of food safety to food handlers. Your local regulatory agency may have additional requirements. Please contact your local regulatory agency for more information.
A food handler is defined by law as a person who works in a food facility and performs any duties that involve the preparation, storage or service of food in a food facility. This program is accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) against the ASTM standard.
This training is a general food handler course.
This course takes approximately one hour to complete and, upon successful completion, provides a printable food handler certificate. This certificate is good for up to five years.
This course is not to prepare workers to take the Food Protection Manager certification exam. The course to study for the certification exam is the Food Protection Manager Certification Course.
Exam is given at the end of the course and a proctor is not required.
Course is available in English and Spanish,